Marianchen verstopt het suikergoed voor Hannchen
Medium
etching
Dimensions
98; 162
About this artwork
height 162 mm x width 98 mm
Art Historical Context
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowie, a prolific Prussian artist of Polish descent, created *Marianchen verstopt suikergoed voor Hann* in 1784. This intimate etching, measuring just 162 mm high by 98 mm wide, exemplifiesodowiecki's mastery of Rococo genre scenes, which captured the everyday joys and moral nuances of 18th-century bourgeois life. Active during the Enlightenment, he served as director of the Berlin Academy of Arts and produced over 2,000 prints, often illustrating novels, fables, and social commentary. The title, translating from Dutch as "Marianchen hides the candy for Hannchen," evokes a ...
About the Artist
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki · 1726–1801
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (1726–1801) was a German painter and printmaker of Polish-Huguenot descent who became the most celebrated graphic artist in 18th-century Germany. Born in Danzig (now Gdańsk), he created approximately 2,000 etchings that serve as an invaluable visual record of German bourgeois life during the Enlightenment. Largely self-taught, Chodowiecki moved to Berlin in 1743 and ach...